Philippi, B.; Kirchlechner, C.; Schießl, A.; Schingale, A.; Dehm, G.: Improving lead-free solders by resolving mechanical properties at the microstructure length scale. Thin Film & Small Scale Mechanical Behavior 2014, Gordon Research Conference, Waltham, MA, USA (2014)
Philippi, B.; Schießl, A.; Schingale, A.; Dehm, G.: Micromechanical investigation of solder joints for automotive microelectronics. Nano- and Micromechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development IV, Olhão Algarve, Portugal (2013)
Here the focus lies on investigating the temperature dependent deformation of material interfaces down to the individual microstructural length-scales, such as grain/phase boundaries or hetero-interfaces, to understand brittle-ductile transitions in deformation and the role of chemistry or crystallography on it.
In this project, we aim to enhance the mechanical properties of an equiatomic CoCrNi medium-entropy alloy (MEA) by interstitial alloying. Carbon and nitrogen with varying contents have been added into the face-centred cubic structured CoCrNi MEA.